Unspeakable : the story of Junius Wilson

Unspeakable : the story of Junius Wilson / Susan Burch and Hannah Joyner.

Author/creator	Burch, Susan
Other author/creator	Joyner, Hannah.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2007.
Description	304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	Wilson, Junius, 1908-2001. Deaf--North Carolina --Greensboro --Biography. African Americans--North Carolina --Greensboro --Biography. Racism against Black people--Southern States --Case studies. People with disabilities--Abuse of --United States --Case studies. Mentally ill--Abuse of --United States --Case studies. Diagnostic errors--United States --Case studies. Psychiatric hospitals. Greensboro (N.C.)--Biography. Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations --History --20th century. Southern States--Race relations --History --20th century.

Contents	One misstep -- From one institution to another -- Walls -- Renaming, remaining -- Classified -- Vital signs -- Reinterpreting -- New places, new faces -- Almost home -- Judgments -- The end?
Abstract	Tells the story of a deaf African-American man born in the Jim Crow South who, though sane, was incarcerated in a North Carolina state hospital for the insane for nearly all of his life.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-294) and index.
LCCN	2007019400
ISBN	9780807831557 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0807831557 (cloth : alk. paper)